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Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mts, Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA

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Weathering pyritiferous phyllites form water-soluble oxalates and sulphates protected by an overhang. Collecting at the locality (within a National Park) is not freely allowed. Unauthorized collecting may result in Federal prosecution.

Ref.: - Flohr, M.J.K., Dillenburg, R.G., and Plumlee, G.S. (1995): Characterization of secondary minerals formed as the result of weathering of the Anakeesta Formation, Alum Cave, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee: USGS Open File Report #95-477, 24 p.

- Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.
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- American Mineralogist (2000): 85: 1561.

- http://www.uwm.edu/Course/geosci697-tectonic/GroupD/AlumCave/AlumCaveBluffs.html

- http://www.clays.org/journal/archive/volume%2047/47-1-1.pdf

- http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/cm/vol37/CM37_1453.pdf





Mineral List:
  		•  Aluminite
    Al
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|SO
     
    4
    		] · 7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 168.]
  		•  Alum-(K)
    KAl[SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Jan H.Bernard and Jaroslav Hyrsl,2004, Minerals and their Localities, pg 480.]
  		•  Alunogen
    Al
     
    2
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		·17H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  Ammoniojarosite
    (NH
     
    4
    		)Fe
    3+
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  Apjohnite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		Al
     
    2
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		·22H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 528l; American Mineralogist (2000): 85: 1561.]
    Site Photo
    Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mts, Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA
    © Antonio Borrelli
  		•  Botryogen
    MgFe
    3+
     
    		[OH|(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · 7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  Coskrenite-(Ce) (TL)
    (Ce,Nd,La)
     
    2
    		[(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		|C
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    		] · 12H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mts, Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (1999) 37, 1453-1462]
    Site Photo
    Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mts, Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA
    © JBS 2006
  		•  Destinezite (TL)
    Fe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|SO
     
    4
    		|PO
     
    4
    		]·6H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mts, Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA
    Reference: [American Mineralogist (2000): 85: 266.]
  		•  Epsomite
    MgSO
     
    4
    		·7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [American Mineralogist (2000): 85: 1561.]
  		•  Felsőbányaite
    Al
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    10
    		|SO
     
    4
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  Halotrichite
    FeAl
     
    2
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		·22H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  Hexahydrite ?
    MgSO
     
    4
    		·6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  Hydromagnesite
    Mg
     
    5
    		[(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    4
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  Jurbanite ?
    Al[OH|SO
     
    4
    		] · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  Levinsonite-(Y) (TL)
    (Y,Nd,La)Al(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		(C
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    		)·12H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mts, Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA
    Reference: [Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta (2001): 65: 1101-1115; Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
    Site Photo
    Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mts, Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA
    © JBS 2006
  		•  Magnesiocopiapite
    MgFe
    3+
    4
    		[OH|(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 20H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  'Manganese Oxides'
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  Melanterite
    FeSO
     
    4
    		·7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  Nitrocalcite ?
    Ca(NO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  Pickeringite
    MgAl
     
    2
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		·22H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  Rozenite
    FeSO
     
    4
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  Schwertmannite ?
    Fe
    3+
    16
    		O
     
    16
    		(OH,SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    12-13
    		 · 10-12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  Slavíkite
    (H
     
    3
    		O
    +
     
    		)
     
    3
    		Mg
     
    6
    		Fe
     
    15
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    21
    		(OH)
     
    18
    		·99H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  Starkeyite
    MgSO
     
    4
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Sulphur
    S
     
    8
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  Tschermigite
    (NH
     
    4
    		)Al[SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
  		•  Zugshunstite-(Ce) (TL)
    (Ce,Nd,La)Al(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		(C
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    		)·12H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mts, Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA
    Reference: [Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta (2001): 65: 1101-1115; Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.]
    Site Photo
    Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mts, Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA
    © JBS 2006


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